There's an old Laurie Anderson comment, "I saw a sign in the bathroom at the library. It was in red magic marker and it read 'I LIKE GRILS' in messy longhand. Underneath, in neatly penciled caps was, 'YOU MEAN GIRLS, DON'T YOU?' Below that in the same red magic marker was, "NO, I MEAN GRILS!"

"There's an old Laurie Anderson comment, "I saw a sign in the bathroom at the library. It was in red magic marker and it read 'I LIKE GRILS' in messy longhand. Underneath, in neatly penciled caps was, 'YOU MEAN GIRLS, DON'T YOU?' Below that in the same red magic marker was, "NO, I MEAN GRILS!""

I heard the punchline as "What's wrong with us grils?" (written by someone not the original author).

No photoshop on this puppy - I can testify to that! This was the cake for my friend's baby shower. I just about died laughing when I saw the cake - the family didn't even notice it! The bakers are from San Salvador - the English language isn't their specialty, but their cakes are delicious. This cake had vanilla and chocolate layers separated by strawberry and pineapple fillings, wrapped in whipped cream and a layer of chocolate and decorated with glazed strawberries and pineapples. It was delicious - bad spelling and all. By the way, the new parents named their little girl "Philomena". Can you imagine them trying to put that on the cake?

Just wanted to clear something up with grammar. It's is a contraction of it is. (it's in the garage) Its is a plural form. (its colors were poorly chosen) So, when I read the original post, you did use the correct form the first time. Try this site: http://www.stormloader.com/garyes/its/#top

If you'd taken the time to read through *all* the comments (rather than just the first four), you'd have discovered that Jen made her own comment (7/30/08) explaining that she had accidentally used "it's" instead of "its" originally, and then went back and corrected it after David alerted her.

Jen, your grammar was perfectly fine! "Its" was used correctly in the caption. David, you need to double check the grammar rules before you chastise people for breaking them. ;)

Its = possessive. It's = It is.

And I just love these pictures. I'm a cake decorator too, although not for a living, and I just can't imagine how the bakers could live with themselves after turning these things in! I've had one disaster (road construction on the way to the reception made the bottom layer rip in two) but thankfully the bride was very young and didn't notice the imperfections! :) Besides, she'd asked for a bright pink cake with white trim & cinderella decorations; I still don't know how you're supposed to make something like that look attractive!

We moved several years ago and had a moving company come in and do all the packing for us. When we got to our new home and they movers started unloading the boxes to our children's rooms, we had to designate to them which room was the "The Boy Room" and which was the "The Gril Room". We still to this day jokingly call our son "The Boy" and our daughter is "The Gril".

Dear David,Maybe you should make sure you know your grammar before trying to teach it to someone else and looking like a bigger ass.ITS is a possessive pronoun usually meaning ownershipIT'S means it is as in a compound wordWrite that down.

Why does it have to be from an asian shop? You can get cakes with fruit on them anywhere. that looks like it could've come form my local Safeway. It just looks like a store-bought cake that someone wrote on at home, or someone, not a cake decorator, wrote on it at the store.

Hi Meredith - it was actually from a San Salvadorian bakery, not an Asian bakery. They are a hidden treasure in the DC area. Great cakes at a low price...but you may have to sacrifice spelling :-D. All I can say is, you won't find this cake at a Safeway!

The icon behind the cake suggests it's an Orthodox (Christian) family - Greek? Russian? Other? Babies are often given an icon (blessed with holy water) that they then have all through their life. (As I understand it, not being Orthodox myself, but I've seen it done.)

I have never commented on here before but I just want to say that in this electronic age there is actually a way to erase a mistake and leave no markings behind to indicate that you have corrected an error. But the worst part of these "its" not "it's" comments is that people don't take the time to read. Read...read...Oh yeah! Reading...I have homework to do but since I found this blog 2 weeks ago I have been working my way back from the beginning to the end. I refuse to do my homework until I see every page. :D Thanks Jen! :P

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